By Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire: The Christmas spirit often means going against the Grinch. At USC, though, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has a large heart and is by all accounts a great guy, a stand-up individual who does something very important for college coaches: He doesn’t throw his players under the bus when he fails. He takes personal ownership for failures and does not sugar-coat or (worse) avoid reality.
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